In late 2024 we sadly lost retro gaming legend Martyn Brown - the co-founder of Team17 who helped establish some of our favourite (mostly Amiga-based) franchises such as Body Blows, Worms and Alien Breed.

Back in 2022 he was kind enough to give Adrian an hour of his time to retell some of those amazing stories. So as a tribute to Martyn, here is that interview.

Martyn Brown (1967 - 2024)

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As some of you may know, we're now on a short break for the summer holidays. To tide you over until autumn/fall we're going to release some of our favourite interviews from our back catalogue.

He's best known for his outstanding work on the Turrican games but you'll have heard his excellent music scores in many, many other places. Adrian chatted to the legend that is Chris Huelsbeck!

Originally released in 2018.

Check out https://chrishuelsbeck.bandcamp.com/ to see what Chris is up to these days!

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I think the title speaks for itself. Enjoy almost two hours of the gang discussing one of the greatest movies ever made.

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On this latest edition of the AA Sound Test we check out a selection of aural delights from a family of consoles that, at least here in the UK, were a total mystery to us back in the 80s & 90s.

From Batman to Zonk, from chiptunes to CD quality audio, join us as we take a look at the wide range of sounds created on the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine!

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Remember the hardest boss you ever fought? Remember those heart-in-mouth moments that will stay with you forever? Well, we've put together a list of the most stressful and heart stopping moments in gaming for your listening pleasure.

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Remember when you bought a game and somehow unlocked a whole new game hidden within? Enjoy a rundown of 20 secret games in other video games!

Examples include Maniac Mansion in Day of The Tentacle and unlocking Fate of Atlantis within a forgettable Indiana Jones Wii title. 

Plus, how does this topic link to a long forgotten pub in Croydon? Listen to find out...

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This has been a long time coming. We finally have a chat about the Nintendo Entertainment System, the console that revived the video gaming industry in the mid-80s and which, to be fair, us at Arcade Attack had little experience of growing up.

In these instances a hero is needed, so we called upon unsung AA-hero Andy (aka UKNESBoy) to assist us in these trying times!

Read Andy's fantastic NES work on the site here:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/retro-consoles/nintendo-entertainment-system/

His Popeye review here:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/popeye-nes-review/

Hidden NES gems on the Switch online service here:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/underrated-nes-games-nintendo-switch-online/

And drop him a line on whatever Twitter is known as these days:

https://twitter.com/uknesboy

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Join us as we dive into the absolutely massive world of the classic shoot 'em up (Shmup).

Right from its humble and somewhat understated beginnings through to the titles and developers that created the greatest genre of gaming the world has ever seen!

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In the inevitable follow up to last week's arbitrary list of some of gamings most beloved sidekicks, it's time to take a look at ten of the most despised.

We discuss some of the more predictable entries as well as a few a controversial ones. Join us to find out which characters made the hall of shame...

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In this week's episode we take a look at the unsung heroes of gaming – those sidekicks and companion characters we couldn't do without!

In a break from Arcade Attack tradition we bring you a completely unranked, totally questionable and definitely not definitive list of ten of the greatest sidekicks and companion characters in gaming history.

Will your favourite make the cut? Join us and find out...

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